Maxime de la Rocheterie on Marie-Antoinette

"She was not a guilty woman, neither was she a saint; she was an upright, charming woman, a little frivolous, somewhat impulsive, but always pure; she was a queen, at times ardent in her fancies for her favourites and thoughtless in her policy, but proud and full of energy; a thorough woman in her winsome ways and tenderness of heart, until she became a martyr."

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

The Catholic Church does not tell us who we should vote for.
It cannot bind us to vote for a specific candidate or political party.
However, we are bound to follow our conscience, which binds us to follow
the Church’s moral and social teachings. It is through these teachings
that we can arrive at the principles that are used to make informed and
prudent decisions when it comes to voting. Equipping ourselves with the
Church’s guidance will ensure that any voting situation can be
approached in a morally responsible way.

What is the Primary Purpose of Government? –
The correct answer to this question will always influence the choice of
any voting Catholic. Although our politicians and governments may be
oblivious to this reality, the fact remains that governments are in
place to serve and protect the common good, human dignity, and rights of human persons.2 All
we must do is exercise our prudential judgement to determine which
candidate is best suited to achieve this purpose. It goes without saying
that many of our society’s laws and social perspectives don’t truly
serve the common good, nor do they attempt to acknowledge the
fundamental rights of all human persons that stem from our inherent
human dignity. It is a candidate’s policy towards these types of
issues that must be at the forefront of our minds as we enter the voting
station.

Abortion –Any
Catholic resource on voting will always list Abortion as the primary
issue of importance when determining a candidate to vote for. Catholics
are obsessed with abortion. But we have to be. The Catholic teaching on
abortion is that it is always objectively wrong, for it is the
destruction of innocent human life and violates both human dignity and
human rights (and the common good for that matter). Saint John Paul II
reiterated the Church’s teaching that the right to life is our
most basic and fundamental right, and is the necessary condition for
every other personal and human right. As such, any candidate who
proposes pro-abortion views excludes himself from a Catholic Gentleman’s
vote. It is also worth mentioning that a Catholic is permitted to vote
for a candidate who proposes incremental restriction on current abortion
laws, so long as we still intend to see the rights of the unborn
unconditionally upheld in time.

Assisted Suicide / Euthanasia –
For the same reasons as abortion, Assisted Suicide is also an issue of
primary concern because of it’s direct attack on human life and human
dignity. This is an emerging challenge we continue to face in our own
times and it’s widespread acceptance is yet another sign of our culture
of death. Again, just as with abortion, a candidate who supports
Assisted Suicide excludes himself from a Catholic Gentleman’s vote. (Read more.)

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